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arrived before Detroit, and got on board a ship lying opposite. Then it 
was that I was agitated in a manner that I never before experienced. It 
would be vain to give an idea of my feelings on this occasion. I went 
in the morning to the Fort, where my friends were overjoyed to see me 
again. To be sure [ cut an odd figure among civilized society, the whole 
town turned out to see me. My appearance certainly was calculated 
to excite their pity as well as laughter. I had, as before remarked, 
nothing but a greasy painted shirt on, my face painted red, black and 
green, my hair cut all away, and my skin blacked all over with the moss 
I had put on. My legs were so lacerated with the briars and thorns and 
so affected with poisoned vines, that they were swollen as big as any in 
His Majesty’s service. Besides this, to those who inspected me narrowly, 
my arms presented the appearance or impressions, one of a turkey’s foot, 
the other of a flower in pink or purple dyes. I had thus been tattooed 
by the savages as a mark set upon me as belonging to their tribe, and 
such is the indelible effect upon the part punctured, that the impression 
will remain as fresh through life as on the first day of the operation. 
Monsieur Boileau, as soon as he had put me on board the ship went back 
again, fearing that if he did not return home he would be suspected of 
having aided me in my escape, and this was the last sight I had of him. 
Mr. Sterling, by my orders, gave me goods to the amount of 423, which 
with the 439 given by Monsieur Quilleim when he bought me, amounted 
to £62 10 shillings, Pennsylvanian currency. After I had been about 
ten days at the Fort, and had recovered from all my fatigues, it so 
happened that a vessel had to sail for the Niagara to bring a supply of 
provisions for the garrison. My friend Mr. Sterling, had obtained leave 
of Major Gladwin to have a considerable quantity of goods brought from 
that place to Detroit in his vessel, and having no proper person to whom 
he could safely confide their conveyance he therefore applied to me. I 
was sensible that the bringing up of these goods would be of great 
advantage to the company, it being likewise at a time when several 
articles were wanted here, and being anxious to do what office was 
in my power, for the benefit of a company with which my uncle was 
connected, I agreed to run the hazard of the undertaking, and accord- 
ingly embarked on board the ship. We had some shots fired at us from 
the Huron Indians going down the river, which we returned. In four 
days we reached Fort Schelope, near the Falls, and marched under a 
strong guard to Niagara, without experiencing any annoyance from the 
enemy. It was late before the sloop could be laden and ready to sail 
again. Some artillery and provisions with about eighteen officers and 
men of the 17th and 46th Regiments, constituted the chief part of what 
we had on board. We had only set sail one day, when the vessel sprang 
